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A ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.

18 November 2024
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¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

18 November 2024
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An international study led by a ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researcher has found frailty increases a person’s risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.

12 November 2024
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Recruitment is underway for a clinical trial testing a vaccine candidate produced with ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ’s molecular clamp technology against life-threatening respiratory viruses.

7 November 2024
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¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past.

5 November 2024
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Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.

1 November 2024
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A First Nations ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ academic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.

31 October 2024
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An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

25 October 2024
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¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices.

15 October 2024
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Two hundred people are being recruited for a major study investigating how diet and exercise can help those living with metastatic breast cancer.

11 October 2024
A male scientist in a lab coat and goggles holds a pipette above a large black spider in a container.

A ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ-led project to develop the first-ever drug to treat heart attack and protect donor hearts will move to human clinical trials, after receiving $17.8 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

7 October 2024
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More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ's Associate Professor Kirsty Short.

4 October 2024
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A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won the ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final.

3 October 2024
Dr David Klyne fits Wolbert van den Hoorn with a sleep monitoring device on his head

A University of Queensland study investigating the links between sleep and pain could fundamentally change the way doctors and clinicians treat people with chronic pain.

2 October 2024
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¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researchers have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a common and highly effective anti-seizure medication.

1 October 2024